R-88-1105 - 4/14/1988WHEREAS, Section 13.02 of the Home Rule Charter for the City of
Round Rock, Texas, provides that the Council shall designate a public
newspaper of general circulation in the City as official organ
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Round Rock Leader is a public newspaper of general
circulation in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council is desirous of designating the Round Rock
Leader as the official organ of the City; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
That the Round Rock Leader is designated as the official organ
of the City and all ordinances, notices and any other matter required
to be published shall be published therein; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council hereby authorizes the
Mayor to execute a one year contract with the Round Rock Leader to
provide the required services at its normal and usual rates.
RESOLVED this /i day of , 19 d6 .
ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
C23RESLEADE
RESOLUTION NO. / Jo R.
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
STATE OF TEXAS
CITY OF ROUND ROCK
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Agreement made this / day of
, 19 ( between
the City of Round Rock, Texas, a municipal corporation operating
under a home rule charter, hereinafter called "CITY ", and TODD
PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK, general partnership doing business
at 105 S. Blair, Round Rock, Texas, hereinafter called "TODD ":
WHEREAS, TODD is the publisher of the Round Rock Leader, a
public newspaper of general circulation in the CITY, and
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter for the CITY provides that
the Council shall annually designate a public newspaper as
official organ of the CITY, and •
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter instructs the Council to
contract annually with a public newspaper, and
WHEREAS, the Council has by resolution designated the
Round Rock Leader as the official organ of the CITY;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
I.
TODD agrees to publish in the Round Rock Leader all
ordinances, notices and any other matter required to be published
by the Home Rule Charter, the ordinances of the CITY, or the
Constitution and /or laws of the State of Texas. TODD further
agrees that all such matter delivered to its office by 4 :00 p.m.
o'clock on Monday will be published in the paper dated and
delivered the Thursday immediately following, and that all such
matter delivered to its office by 4:00 p.m. o'clock on Thursday
will be published in the paper dated and delivered the Monday
immediately following.
TODD further agrees to provide CITY with all appropriate
affidavits of publication and clippings of actual publications
as may from time to time be requested by CITY.
II.
In consideration of the foregoing, CITY agrees to pay
TODD at the same rate which TODD charges all government
subdivisions for the insertions and publication of such matter;
that rate being $.15 per word for the first insertion and $.10
per word for each repeat insertion of the same material.
The foregoing shall not prevent TODD from periodically
changing the rates, but any such change shall be reasonable and
the CITY shall never be charged more than the rate which TODD
charges to the general public.
III.
The obligations and undertakings of each of the parties
to their agreement shall be performable at Round Rock. Wil-
liamson County, Texas.
Iv.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
v.
This contract shall become effective on .A:e7 . / 19 ,
and shall continue to effect for one year from such date.
Executed in du licate copies on the / day of
41:1 , 19 77 D
ATTEST:
.11 4 ofa/. "
J.PNNE LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
TODD PUBLICATIONS - ROUND ROCK
A General Partnership
KEN LO Publisher
Round `QC t l eader RECEIV D MAR 21 19$,�
Published each Monday and Thursday by
Todd Publications — Round Rock • P.O. Box 428 • Round Rock, Texas 78680 • (512) 255 - 5827
KEN LONG
Publisher
March 23, 1988
Mr. Bob Bennett
City Manager
City of Round Rock
221 East Main Street
Round Rock, Texas 78664
Re: Renewal contract for Legal Notices
Dear Mr. Bennett:
The current contract for publishing legal notices in the Round Rock
Leader will expire on April 9, 1988.
Enclosed is a renewal contract which will continue our present arrange-
ment with the City of Round Rock for another year. We are pleased to
submit the same rates that you have had in the past with no price
increase for the City.
At your earliest convenience, please sign and return one copy of the
contract and keep the other for your files.
In advance, we thank you for your continual business.
Sincerely,
Ronnie Kaatz
Classified Manager
DATE: April 11, 1988 -
SUBJECT: Council Agenda, April 14, 1988
ITEM: 12A. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter
into an agreement designating the official newspaper
for the City of Round Rock.
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:" Submitted for your consideration is an agreement
with the ROUND ROCK LEADER. This agreement would designate the
ROUND ROCK LEADER as the City's official publication for a one
year period.
ECONOMIC IMPACT:
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